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and european union stopped short of hitting russia's oil and gas industry. trade between the two countries amounted to $100 billion last year. >> we work very closely with russia, we are to some extent even dependant on russian gas, so we're hesitant to put more pressure on russia. >> reporter: since the start of the ukraine crisis, chancellor merkel has spoken more than any other word leader with president putin. >> she right now is the link of communication with putin. in that respect, being here in washington the day after she just talked to putin, it's very symbolic. >> reporter: the german leading is known for taking small steps. >> she is seen as someone who likes to lead by consensus. >> reporter: that cool demeanor may keep the german chancer will from hitting president obama with a skwaiting public critique. this is her visit to washington since the revelation of the nsa monitoring her moan calls. >> she will talk very openly, i think to president obama about this issue, but she will not talk about that issue on the press conference, or if she is go
and european union stopped short of hitting russia's oil and gas industry. trade between the two countries amounted to $100 billion last year. >> we work very closely with russia, we are to some extent even dependant on russian gas, so we're hesitant to put more pressure on russia. >> reporter: since the start of the ukraine crisis, chancellor merkel has spoken more than any other word leader with president putin. >> she right now is the link of communication with putin. in...
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. >> for russia, they're saying all hope is lost for a diplomatic deal and calling for a meeting of the u.n. security counsel. that is scheduled for noon today. launched a counterassault to dislodge pro russian separatists. now, ukraine says it's holding four suspects. >> and there are hundreds of u.s. troops now deployed to certain countries in that region on stand by in poland. also, the baltics, so the u.s. is a key interest here and watchful eye on what's going on. let's duoto washington where wolf blitzer and the political team are waiting for this news conference. wolf? >> this is cnn breaking news. >> thanks very much. we are following very important news. we're standing by for a major news conference. we're looking at live pictures from the rose garden just outside the oval office. the president of the united states has been meeting inside with angela merkel. they're about to speak. the president will make an opening statement, followed by angela merkel, then they will open it up to questions from reporters. we have extensive coverage coming up here on cnn. joining us in the stu
. >> for russia, they're saying all hope is lost for a diplomatic deal and calling for a meeting of the u.n. security counsel. that is scheduled for noon today. launched a counterassault to dislodge pro russian separatists. now, ukraine says it's holding four suspects. >> and there are hundreds of u.s. troops now deployed to certain countries in that region on stand by in poland. also, the baltics, so the u.s. is a key interest here and watchful eye on what's going on. let's duoto...
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russia and we saw this not as a either or but a way bringing russia closer to nato and giving russia a seat at the table and they voice in all of this. so put together the framework which everybody participated and once this was in place then we could go forward with nato membership the it was all about not repeating the 20th century and even 19th century europe where the small countries had to limit their sovereignty and their foreign policy dependence because they were between two large countries. the geography determine your fate our history was bound to be repeated. for example, one of the reasons why nato came about was because somebody -- some of the earlier ideas of confederation in europe struck people as going back to the very loose legal nation's whole collective security of the 1930s where everybody is responsible for everybody else s security and, therefore, nobody is secure. central and eastern european countries there was a natural rebellion politically against that kind of idea of being in a glass or second class citizen zone. the point want to make is, before transpar
russia and we saw this not as a either or but a way bringing russia closer to nato and giving russia a seat at the table and they voice in all of this. so put together the framework which everybody participated and once this was in place then we could go forward with nato membership the it was all about not repeating the 20th century and even 19th century europe where the small countries had to limit their sovereignty and their foreign policy dependence because they were between two large...
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moment moments ago, russia called for a meeting of the u.n. security council, and right now president obama is in that high stakes meeting with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house, and a little more than a hour, they will hold a joint press conference. and joining us is congressman engle who has just returned from that trip to ukraine. you have called for sanctions, and how long do you believe it will take for the european allies to sign on? >> well, that is the key. i am glad that president obama is meeting with chancellor merkel now, and you know, that germany gets one-third of the energy needs from russia, and that is the case of a number of countries in europe, and they are more e reluctant than we are to impose the sanctions on russia. my view is that the sanctions on russia need to be improved and the president has improved some, but they need to be ratcheted it up, because i think that what putin is doing now is disgraceful. >> and the eu, and the unemployment rate is 11.8%, and obviously, the concern is that some of the
moment moments ago, russia called for a meeting of the u.n. security council, and right now president obama is in that high stakes meeting with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house, and a little more than a hour, they will hold a joint press conference. and joining us is congressman engle who has just returned from that trip to ukraine. you have called for sanctions, and how long do you believe it will take for the european allies to sign on? >> well, that is the key. i am...
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble, while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins, another headline from "the new york...
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and we have to hit russia where it hurts, and that is the economy. and that is why, the steps to replace russia with our support of the energy resources, and among other things, to enriching, and empowering nato now to step up, and we tried to romance russia with nato, and it did not work. we now have to see them as an adversa adversary, and bring nato back to the original mission. >> thank you, senator dan coats, and thanks for the debrief of what angela merkel may be saying to the president. and up next, congressman jason furman is going to join chris jansing on that big jobs report. >>> i'm meteorologist bill karins and as we are looking at the weekend ahead, a nice spring weekend ahead. and some areas of rain, but you will be ducking the showers and the storms from florida, miami to tampa to orlando. and as we go up to new england, we will see the cooler air moving in with rain showers. have a good weekend. but it's a battlefield out there! you know the chickweed is surrounding yer sidewalk and the dandelions are stealing precious nutrients! now'
and we have to hit russia where it hurts, and that is the economy. and that is why, the steps to replace russia with our support of the energy resources, and among other things, to enriching, and empowering nato now to step up, and we tried to romance russia with nato, and it did not work. we now have to see them as an adversa adversary, and bring nato back to the original mission. >> thank you, senator dan coats, and thanks for the debrief of what angela merkel may be saying to the...
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now those were agreements signed by ukraine and russia last month. they included stepping which both sides would take to diffuse tensions in southeastern ukraine. at the same time, the foreign ministry has been saying in the last 24 hours, warning that the kiev government was going to take military strikes against, quote, its own people. the upper house of parliament here in moscow, senior members there, have been saying on friday that this proves that the international community has been naive about the kiev government when they believe that they are a democratic bunch of people. they, painting the events in slaviansk and other places as an attempt by the ukrainian military to attack civilians. we know that vladimir putin has sent a spokesman to the southeast of ukraine to try to help with negotiations to get the release of observers from the organization for security and cooperation in europe. we haven't heard about exactly where they are being held or how they are in the last few days. they were seized last week. but it's not clear whether the mil
now those were agreements signed by ukraine and russia last month. they included stepping which both sides would take to diffuse tensions in southeastern ukraine. at the same time, the foreign ministry has been saying in the last 24 hours, warning that the kiev government was going to take military strikes against, quote, its own people. the upper house of parliament here in moscow, senior members there, have been saying on friday that this proves that the international community has been naive...
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russia is a very important. part of the world in a very large and strong country and of course we can disagree on things we can disagree on many things with russia or with the united states with many other parts of the world but another cold war is something i believe that it will be very bad thing that nobody is waiting for that we'll have bath results lonely politically but also economically with chaff we'll have more tensions all over the border between nato and e.c. europe or russia so i hope really and i'm not naive but i hope that we can prevent another cold war in europe all right well we're going to take a short break now we'll be back with that when titian get your elders to talk about the upcoming caravan actions and the rise of heroes skepticism stay with us. live. live live live live. live. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to live. i think right. now i. want to get. like. ok we will stand for europe the war to europe the traditional europe for the free nations europe but. we shou
russia is a very important. part of the world in a very large and strong country and of course we can disagree on things we can disagree on many things with russia or with the united states with many other parts of the world but another cold war is something i believe that it will be very bad thing that nobody is waiting for that we'll have bath results lonely politically but also economically with chaff we'll have more tensions all over the border between nato and e.c. europe or russia so i...
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so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying, nobody is negotiating with us so we are just protecting our own state. >> well, you tweeted shortly after your release, taken hostage by self-defense forces. what are self-defense forces? >> reporter: that's what they call themselves. they are the guys who are protecting [ indiscernible ] in the [ indiscernible ] region in this part of ukraine and they are the ones who have taken it upon themselves like some of the people in crimea to become the new patrolling force out here and what they say seems to go. >> and what is next for you, erin? are you coming home? are you going back to work? are you going to take a few days off? and where are you right now? >> reporter: we're back in donesk in our hotel. we'll talk about the next stems. we'll stay and cover the referendum in a couple of weeks and see where it goes. you know, we didn't make any decisions today that were dangerous. we made normal decisions. we just happened upon an unlucky situation. so it will m
so when a deal is struck with ukraine and russia, it has no impact on the ground here. these residents are saying, nobody is negotiating with us so we are just protecting our own state. >> well, you tweeted shortly after your release, taken hostage by self-defense forces. what are self-defense forces? >> reporter: that's what they call themselves. they are the guys who are protecting [ indiscernible ] in the [ indiscernible ] region in this part of ukraine and they are the ones who...
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continues sanctions on russia over actions in ukraine. president barack obama has been criticized for not doing enough. foreign policy is often driven by public opinion. what's america's take in half of americans support upping the sanctions against russia. that's according to a survey by the survey in usa today. maybe the buck stops there. a third think it would be a good idea to send arms and military supplies to ukraine. ultimately that may be president barack obama 's call. his grades through this are only so-so. four in ten americans think his handling of the crisis have been about right. regardless of who does what and how, do americans think it matters? not really. a third of the country thinks what happens between russia and ukraine is very important to the u.s. which sort of makes sense if we look at a survey posted by the washington post a few weeks ago. political scientists found one in six americans could actually find ukraine on a map. the median response was about 2,900 kilometers off. the study found the less accurate a per
continues sanctions on russia over actions in ukraine. president barack obama has been criticized for not doing enough. foreign policy is often driven by public opinion. what's america's take in half of americans support upping the sanctions against russia. that's according to a survey by the survey in usa today. maybe the buck stops there. a third think it would be a good idea to send arms and military supplies to ukraine. ultimately that may be president barack obama 's call. his grades...
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and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york times." peter baker says the sanctions have limited impact. he makes a point that many issues involving russia's economy predates sanctions and even pretty the annexation of crimea. guest: the piece makes two points. one is that the russian economy was slowing to begin with. it was in pretty bad shape. a lot of the impact of the huge amount of capital flight, the drop in the stock market and the value of the ruble while it might predates sanctions, it began at the time of the crimea crisis because people were expecting sanctions. the market had already factored in the cr
and russia is worth by eu-russia trade. there is no substitute for u.s. leadership and we learned that in iran. the european nations did not want to impose sanctions, the u.s. administration and the u.s. congress really put these companies to a choice, do business in iran or the u.s. it was u.s. leadership that allowed sarkozy of france to get the other 27 eu members to do something meaningful. that is what is missing right now. host: carla anne robbins another headline from "the new york...
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. ♪ but first russia's president putin criticized ukraine for launching what we calls a punitive operation in the east of the country. kiev says it's blockading the town as part of an antiterrorist operation and ukraine defense ministry say pro-russian separatist shot down two of its helicopters in the region and pro-russia groups are now occupying government offices in several other towns and on wednesday they seized government offices and pro-russia separatists taken over government buildings and captured cancelled buildings and on thursday they took over the prosecutor's office in donsq. we have two correspondents covering the story and we will bet the russia reaction and we will go to eastern ukraine, this is a moving story, jona and bring us up to date with the latest situation report. >> reporter: it is indeed a moving story steve and it began about 4:30 a.m. outside when units of the ukrainian army appeared to launch the next phase in what kiev said was and antiterrorist operation and has been going on for weeks now with the army and camped outside but some way outside and 30 kilome
. ♪ but first russia's president putin criticized ukraine for launching what we calls a punitive operation in the east of the country. kiev says it's blockading the town as part of an antiterrorist operation and ukraine defense ministry say pro-russian separatist shot down two of its helicopters in the region and pro-russia groups are now occupying government offices in several other towns and on wednesday they seized government offices and pro-russia separatists taken over government...
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down russia isn't here russia supports us morally but not physically americans are supporting they join to face likely. there are troops there are a lot of documents media material spread and materials proving that nobody is interested. but it's not just to look how many people come to the rallies and everybody is there from students to pensioners even veterans coming ukrainian t.v. spreading lies there saying that russians are being brought in is even possible to bring so many russians look thousands of people come for rallies in eastern ukraine have they brought half of the russian population here they call us extremists we always ask for permission to hold peaceful rallies but they refuse us you know but it seems that the heroes of my done i will out to seize buildings to rob banks to kill people but we're not allowed to hold peaceful rallies you can see that we are unarmed we're not wearing masks we have only one demand we want to hold a referendum we want to be heard you can't force twenty million people into europe and nato against their will. exactly what happened that day i don'
down russia isn't here russia supports us morally but not physically americans are supporting they join to face likely. there are troops there are a lot of documents media material spread and materials proving that nobody is interested. but it's not just to look how many people come to the rallies and everybody is there from students to pensioners even veterans coming ukrainian t.v. spreading lies there saying that russians are being brought in is even possible to bring so many russians look...
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i'm not looking to replace america by russia. with all due respect, president putin and russia will have to prove themselves over time to be sustainable partners -- >> charlie: and, actually, that goes both ways. right, exactly, and we'll continue to work on it. but if you decide you don't want to help me fight terrorism, what do you think i'm going to do? >> charlie: i assume you're saying that we have to be -- we have to protect our own country and, therefore, we have to have other people that we can look to if, for some reason, america doesn't want to help us? >> yes, but i don't think it's as stark as that. i'm just saying we would do what you would do in defending our country, nothing less or more. >> charlie: you're getting a lot of aid from saudi arabia and the emirates, financial aid, who have stepped up and said we like the change we see in egypt and we'll support them. >> mm-hmm. >> charlie: and it's fair to look at the historical record and say those two, especially the saudis, were very unhappy about what happened to
i'm not looking to replace america by russia. with all due respect, president putin and russia will have to prove themselves over time to be sustainable partners -- >> charlie: and, actually, that goes both ways. right, exactly, and we'll continue to work on it. but if you decide you don't want to help me fight terrorism, what do you think i'm going to do? >> charlie: i assume you're saying that we have to be -- we have to protect our own country and, therefore, we have to have...
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against more sanctions on russia. it is a busy friday for news here in moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international on real research because straight to our breaking news for you here on the program ukrainian troops are storming the eastern city of slovyansk which is held by antigovernment protesters the local self-defense forces report one man has been killed and anywhere up to three helicopters have been downed interior ministry says one pilot is dead and several soldiers injured i talked with. she is in the region. we are hearing from a local self-defense commander that at least one helicopter has dropped soldiers near the town of slavyansk and reports just in suggest that one pilot has been killed and another has been taken hostage there is heavy fighting happening in the vicinity of the railway station locals have been telling us that they have been hearing cannons being fired in the outskirts of the town we also understand that at least one checkpoint has been taken now several checkpoints have come under
against more sanctions on russia. it is a busy friday for news here in moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international on real research because straight to our breaking news for you here on the program ukrainian troops are storming the eastern city of slovyansk which is held by antigovernment protesters the local self-defense forces report one man has been killed and anywhere up to three helicopters have been downed interior ministry says one pilot is dead and several soldiers injured i...
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under russia's constitution, putin could be in charge until 2024. in other words, he could serve with president george p. bush or president chelsea clinton. but some u.s. presidents including republicans keep underestimating him. today, president george w. bush who once famously said he had looked into putin's eyes and saw his soul gave a new explanation about him. >> did you misjudge him early or were you trying to open the door? >> i think he changed. of course, presidents should owo open the door and give people a chance except for the despicable tyrants. at that time, it looked like he wanted to be, you know, work with the west. >> president bush reflects our entire foreign policy lead in both parties. they continue to believe bad people can be good people if only we be nice to them. putin has been putin for the entire time he's been around. he was putin in the kgb. he's been putin since he started running the country 99. we have to see him for what he really is in the words of former defense secretary bill gates, a stone cold killer. back with
under russia's constitution, putin could be in charge until 2024. in other words, he could serve with president george p. bush or president chelsea clinton. but some u.s. presidents including republicans keep underestimating him. today, president george w. bush who once famously said he had looked into putin's eyes and saw his soul gave a new explanation about him. >> did you misjudge him early or were you trying to open the door? >> i think he changed. of course, presidents should...
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president bush said the state tv when you reach an agreement to urge russia to play in response to rule in the international community the us and european union have been trying to pressure put on by broadening sanctions against senior russian officials and companies. european borders cannot will not be changed through political and intimidation or military force. we have to be resolute in imposing costs. russian leaders have denied their behind the turmoil in to criticize the sanctions they say they won't retaliate songs yet it was solution to the swiss foreign minister sergei lavrov says they want o give others the opportunity to calm down he seemed far from home on the ground in eastern ukraine as the separatists expand their reach. government troops stay well away manng checkpoints on the outskirts of the occupied region to make matters worse ukraine is deeply and dad the international monetary fund is thrown in the seventeen billion dollar lifeline. we are trying to improve the situation so that the stability is restored but it will take more than money to entirely restore stabilit
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authorize aid deliveries without the assad regime's consent, but that's likely to draw a veto from russia. the un's top human rights official is warning the power struggle in the south sudan is tearing the country apart. thousands of died and more than one million people have fled their homes and clashes erupted between government troops and 'spporters of the country sacked vice president. south sudan is on the verge of catastrophe. >> the leaders, instead of seizing the chance, in a war published -- an impoverished nation, have embarked on a power struggle that has brought these people to the verge of catastrophe. the ukrainian government says it has lost control of the rest of the east as pro-russian separatists expand their reach. ,hey blamed in activity helplessness, and criminal the trail among ukrainian forces. ims havecomes as the approved a $70 billion bailout. announcedng directors the two-year package. >> urgent action was necessary. decisive measures were taken by ukraine and they have just been taken by the imf. there has been a very strong endorsement for the program, which w
authorize aid deliveries without the assad regime's consent, but that's likely to draw a veto from russia. the un's top human rights official is warning the power struggle in the south sudan is tearing the country apart. thousands of died and more than one million people have fled their homes and clashes erupted between government troops and 'spporters of the country sacked vice president. south sudan is on the verge of catastrophe. >> the leaders, instead of seizing the chance, in a war...
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a group of people are looking for independence from possible annexation from russia. a support from former president victor. after months of processing and us. capital. >>: the process think the 15th and mission streets and other construction sites around the city as also known rally for new the members the events will have less access and promote working class citizens and said francisco. there's a may day march 3 this afternoon from two locations from guadalupe church 20 20s antonio they will then meet for raleigh a city hall. subway's leading the fast-food industry into something that is something that's not good acre they are underpaying workers. then been in violation of pay more than 1100 investigations from 2000 to 2014 combining these cases they us from 17,000 franchises in violation. subway has more than 26,000 locations throughout the country that is the most of any fast-food chains. in oakland is 68 degrees 90 is the high for today. will be [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your dev
a group of people are looking for independence from possible annexation from russia. a support from former president victor. after months of processing and us. capital. >>: the process think the 15th and mission streets and other construction sites around the city as also known rally for new the members the events will have less access and promote working class citizens and said francisco. there's a may day march 3 this afternoon from two locations from guadalupe church 20 20s antonio...
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it takes emerging leaders in russia and russia's satellite countries, former members of he soviet union who show exceptional talent and interest in speaking for themselves. and it brings them over to the united states and puts them in homes and communities where they will learn how our rule of law works. what equal justice under the law means in a truly democratic country, it shows them how to participate in the democratic process. it shows them how we have taken we orks of tolstoid and have implemented them in a country that respects individualism and puts individualism higher than statism. it's a direct threat to communism. it's a direct threat to mr. putin, because if you do this mr. putin can't keep his $60 billion he's taken from corruption. he can't continue to make his people dependent on the state. this is disruptive to him. it's a direct threat to him. that's why it's important. so haven't we done enough for mr. putin's interests, to cut this program by 43%, by preventing these young emerging leaders from being able to come over to this country? do we now have to deny ukrainian
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if russia were to go up against nato and the russians themselves know this, it would be no contest, russia would be defeated. the problem with nato is not capable as political will. >> ukraine is not a nato member. let me ask you this. did u.s. intelligence miss the signs in crimea and are we seeing the same unfold in eastern ukraine? >> according to newspaper reports, we had seven to 10 days of warning in crimea and they were unable to come to an assessment. i think it's not only an intelligence failure, but a resounding policy failure on the part of the administration, as well. >> what would your policy prescription be for this situation, mr. blank? >> right now? >> yes. >> first of all, since the administration has ruled out military forces, they're not going to send military assistance to ukraine in form of forces, i would have given the ukrainians the weapons and training they needed right from the start, actually from the start, i would have had ukraine have it nato to be a peace keeper in ukraine and crimea and that probably would have ended things. we need to send weapons, training
if russia were to go up against nato and the russians themselves know this, it would be no contest, russia would be defeated. the problem with nato is not capable as political will. >> ukraine is not a nato member. let me ask you this. did u.s. intelligence miss the signs in crimea and are we seeing the same unfold in eastern ukraine? >> according to newspaper reports, we had seven to 10 days of warning in crimea and they were unable to come to an assessment. i think it's not only...
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this represents the program's percentage of participants from russia. it's important to stress that open world program does not just focus on work with russia. ukraine has the next largest group of participants, closely followed by other nations in the surrounding regions. therefore we encourage the senate to do more in ukraine and with other participating countries in the surrounding region. i'd like to thank my good friend, the ranking member, debbie wasserman schultz, for her role throughout the process. we have worked well together in a bipartisan manner. it's truly been a team effort. also i extend my appreciation to all members of the subcommittee in their efforts in helping bring this measure to the floor. and i also want to thank the truly excellent staff who has nursed me through this. let me just add, parenthetically, we had a pretty unusual situation because of some early retirements and the loss of our dear friend, bill young, we had a lot of reshuffling to do on our committee. on our side, that meant we only had one carryover member, that w
this represents the program's percentage of participants from russia. it's important to stress that open world program does not just focus on work with russia. ukraine has the next largest group of participants, closely followed by other nations in the surrounding regions. therefore we encourage the senate to do more in ukraine and with other participating countries in the surrounding region. i'd like to thank my good friend, the ranking member, debbie wasserman schultz, for her role throughout...
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it's not likely russia will suspend the service. nasa pays them more than $60 million a person to get up to space because, you know, we basically don't have our own program. >> in six months we could do it. >> another story, a softball game going to the dogs. it is in the middle of a western oregon university game. a dog runs on to the field, steals a glove out of the player's hand. he drops it and thenç steals another glove. the game is put on hold. how cute is that? finally the dog was cornered, taken away and the dog left the field. hopefully with a bone or something. a little crafty, sneaky dog there. >> i wish he would have eaten my homework. incredible new images out of pensacola, florida. nearly two feet of rain turning this road to a raging river. >> the same storm in maryland where a sink hole the sizeç of a city block opened up sucking up at least ten cars pushing them on to freight tracks. the good news, nobody was hurt much >> here's more good news. she's back. hey, maria. >> good morning. good to be here in new york
it's not likely russia will suspend the service. nasa pays them more than $60 million a person to get up to space because, you know, we basically don't have our own program. >> in six months we could do it. >> another story, a softball game going to the dogs. it is in the middle of a western oregon university game. a dog runs on to the field, steals a glove out of the player's hand. he drops it and thenç steals another glove. the game is put on hold. how cute is that? finally the...
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russia's calling on kiev to halt militaryistic statements after ukraine's acting president declared his country's military was put on full combat readiness. ukraine's leader making a stunning acknowledgement wednesday saying pro-russian militants have taken control of much of the eastern chunk of ukraine. >>> in virginia, federal investigators are raising to find out what caused a train to jump its track in downtown lynchburg. several cars burst into flames. thousands of gallons of crude oil were dumped into the james river. clean-up crew rsz scrambling to contain the damage. some 50,000 gallons of oil are unaccounted for. thankfully no injuries were reported, but the incident has safety experts calling for greater oversight. >>> flight departures expected to be back to normal this morning. out west after a technical glitch for several airport toss ground the airplanes. f,aa sayses there was a malfunction at a radar center north of los angeles. it afri affected los angeles, phoenix, and salt lake city. no word of what it caused the radar problem. of course, there's the ripple effect. >>
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sanctions on russia. i look forward to hearing from the status ofout the administration's ongoing discussions with the e.u., as plans within nato to counter russian aggression and reassure our central european and baltic allies. hearingook forward to from miss freidh about the status of existing arms and existing control agreements between the united states and russia. while further arms reduction seem unlikely in the current relieved that'm the united states and russia have continued to implement the new start agreement included by exchanging notifications and on site inspections. exchanges provide much needed stability and predict ability at a time of increasing and uncertainty. i also support the administration's efforts to work n. f. treaties review mechanisms to address concerns may bessian activities inconsistent with its treaty obligations. i strongly supported the decision to cut off defense cooperation with russia. i've consistently called on our european alice to follow suit and to exercise simi
sanctions on russia. i look forward to hearing from the status ofout the administration's ongoing discussions with the e.u., as plans within nato to counter russian aggression and reassure our central european and baltic allies. hearingook forward to from miss freidh about the status of existing arms and existing control agreements between the united states and russia. while further arms reduction seem unlikely in the current relieved that'm the united states and russia have continued to...
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. >> russia's military attache to ukraine has been ordered to leave the country. he's been held on suspicion of spying. ukraine's acting president says police and security forces are helpless to stop the unrest in parts of the east. >> ukraine is entering is 4-day national holiday, what we see at the cabinet office in central kiev, as predicted, armoured personnel carriers bringing snipers and special forces into the building as a drill orchestrated for the cameras, gathered around, for reassurance for the public and protection of the building itself. the acting president oleksandr turchynov warned that provocation and diversions would be raised during a 4-day holiday. security services are taking no chances. there are guards on all the doors, loded gun here, as we can see. and reality is that the warning that the acting president put out must not be allowed to spread to other areas here in kiev. they are adamant that places like odessa, and kiev, are just as much at risk as those places overrun by separatist elements. >> police in northern ireland arrested jerry
. >> russia's military attache to ukraine has been ordered to leave the country. he's been held on suspicion of spying. ukraine's acting president says police and security forces are helpless to stop the unrest in parts of the east. >> ukraine is entering is 4-day national holiday, what we see at the cabinet office in central kiev, as predicted, armoured personnel carriers bringing snipers and special forces into the building as a drill orchestrated for the cameras, gathered around,...
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. >> how serious is what is going on in crimea, ukraine, russia? >> it's very serious because it is a pattern, this is -- russia is an authoritarian state. putin is going to push as far as he can until he sees that the cost is too high and the resistance too great and there is too much to lose. and to the extent that we continue a pattern of words incrementalism as opposed to stiffer sanctions and in my view lethal and nonlethal assistance to countries that he is pushing against. i suspect what we will see is not just ukraine but down the road you can see him doing similar things as he did in the republic of georgia. he can be doing it in other central asian countries. >> should the sanctions that have been imposed. should they be imposed on putin. the saxes are imposed around him not on him personally. he is a very wealthy man, right? >> i assume that he has never shown me his bank book. >> he hasn't shown me either. have you ever met him? >> oh sure, my goodness, yes. >> what's he like? >> you get in a meeting with putin, and he is kind of a thro
. >> how serious is what is going on in crimea, ukraine, russia? >> it's very serious because it is a pattern, this is -- russia is an authoritarian state. putin is going to push as far as he can until he sees that the cost is too high and the resistance too great and there is too much to lose. and to the extent that we continue a pattern of words incrementalism as opposed to stiffer sanctions and in my view lethal and nonlethal assistance to countries that he is pushing against. i...
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russia understands that. they understand that we as a nation so far has not signify that we are willing to use these economic sanctions in a way that is true the president's own executive order to change the behavior. we are concerned about the direction this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is that it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know ,here i have recently returned we know that there are numbers of things we need to do as a nation to help then harden their country. this bill lays those things out. area ofussian speaking eastern ukraine, the only whormation that the people are russian speaking in that part of the world is coming from russia. it is a began to. it is talked about things that the u.s. is doing, which we aren't. and the great lines they will have that they're able to annex that part of the world. we need to make sure that the information they're receiving -- there are so many things we can be doing to ensure that ukraine will not destabilize. let
russia understands that. they understand that we as a nation so far has not signify that we are willing to use these economic sanctions in a way that is true the president's own executive order to change the behavior. we are concerned about the direction this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is that it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know ,here i have recently returned we know that there are numbers of things we need to do as a nation to help then...
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to russia getting involved in port. they go they're not going to do what we should get involved in the ukraine. there are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions. this suggests that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of our military interventions. well looks like ukraine permanent obviously if the hotspot tying him for all topics when you think the us russia the us approach to crisis. in the ukraine should us do more for last. lol let's not look don't get involved in the ukrainian it would be like a rash of getting involved in the affairs of puerto rico. they're not going to do what we should be involved in the ukraine there is no national security interests here at stake and i know you'll hear politicians beating their chests arguing the opposite go on to argue that there is no national security interest here at risk and the government has an obligation to protect us against foreign governments that though we might do us harm this is not one of those situations. al
to russia getting involved in port. they go they're not going to do what we should get involved in the ukraine. there are unintended consequences as a result of our military interventions. this suggests that we have hundreds of millions of enemies to this country because of our military interventions. well looks like ukraine permanent obviously if the hotspot tying him for all topics when you think the us russia the us approach to crisis. in the ukraine should us do more for last. lol let's not...
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russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility. when there is economic benefit and diplomatic benefit -- strength that comes from x port of energy, this is one of those issues that i continue to ask tom a why has it taken so long? that is a long statement. let me start this conversation. depending on the different programs, it has taken 11 weeks or eight weeks or -- there are different times to get permits. the initial one, it was past approval. it took eight months after the application. 29have had some now that are , 27, 23 months after the application. is this process g
russia that we are serious. two years ago, when we started these conversations, i had different individuals who came to visit my office immediately. the japanese and members of parliament. two years ago. their question was the same. how quickly could beget american natural gas reservoir -- natural gas? how quickly can we get american natural gas to mark -- gas? we have a responsibility to take care of america and americans. that is in our national interest. that is our first responsibility....
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some of those questions, and the issues they raise. >> ifill: from syria to israel, to ukraine and russia, to last week's four-nation asia trip, foreign policy has returned to center stage for president obama. but setbacks have claimed as much attention as success. the president returned home yesterday with a new military agreement with the philippines. but a broader pacific trade deal was left undone. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin threatened ukraine's borders and israel's benjamin netanyahu abandoned peace talks with the palestinians. in washington, critics like republican senator john mccain have challenged the president's leadership, and taken secretary of state john kerry to task. >> on the issue of ukraine. my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly, but carry a big stick. what you're doing, is talking strongly, and carrying a very small stick. in fact, a twig. >> the people of ukraine should know why won't we give them in defensive weapons when they are facing yet another invasion -- not the first, but another invasion of their country. it is just beyond logic. k
some of those questions, and the issues they raise. >> ifill: from syria to israel, to ukraine and russia, to last week's four-nation asia trip, foreign policy has returned to center stage for president obama. but setbacks have claimed as much attention as success. the president returned home yesterday with a new military agreement with the philippines. but a broader pacific trade deal was left undone. meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin threatened ukraine's borders and israel's...
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russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order, i might add, to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova, where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another trip just recently returned -- there and in georgia and in ukraine, would you know there are a number of things that we need to do to help them harden their country. this bill lays those things out. let me give you one example. in the russian speaking of -- in the russian-speaking area of eastern ukraine, the only information that the people who are russian-speaking in that part of the world are receiving is coming from russia. it's propaganda. it's talking about things that the united states is doing, which we aren't,
russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order, i might add, to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova, where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another...
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boosts it's military presence hoping to send a message to russia. we have more from eastern ukraine. >> firmly in the hans of the pro russian protesters who now occupy the police, security and regional government buildings, an embarrassment for the interim government who has been promis promising to strike back with a terror company that never really happened. now he points a finger at its own police forces. >> security service in these regions, first of all in the regions unable to fulfill it's duties to protect it's citizens. they are hopeless in these issues. furthermore some of these you wants assessed or are in cooperation with terrorist groups. >> reporter: the interim government's failure to retake buildings seems to only embolden pro russian militants. for many here the defense units. >> it's clear that these are organized people and organized groups they gather people and these buildings are just handed to them. >> reporter: police have been unable or unwilling to stop them. they're often seen standing around the barricades while protesters
boosts it's military presence hoping to send a message to russia. we have more from eastern ukraine. >> firmly in the hans of the pro russian protesters who now occupy the police, security and regional government buildings, an embarrassment for the interim government who has been promis promising to strike back with a terror company that never really happened. now he points a finger at its own police forces. >> security service in these regions, first of all in the regions unable to...
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as china, russia, iran, and north korea push for more advanced launch vehicles, the construction of an east coast site will dramatically improve the ability of our military to intercepted incoming threats by increasing the ability to engage and defeat those threats. with the 2009 cancellation of the missile defense site in poland, coupled with an increased threat environment, it's imperative that we continue to act to protect the homeland from the long range ballistic missile threat. i thank you for your consideration to this amendment. i want to again thank chairman culberson for his commitment. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas, for what purpose. mr. culberson: move to strike the last word. the chair: is recognized for five minutes. mr. culberson: i rise in strong support of this amendment and i thank my colleague from georgia and working with us on making sure we get this done. we are long overdue for any ballistic missile site on the continental united states here on the east coast in particular. my good friend from ohio, mr. turner's righ
as china, russia, iran, and north korea push for more advanced launch vehicles, the construction of an east coast site will dramatically improve the ability of our military to intercepted incoming threats by increasing the ability to engage and defeat those threats. with the 2009 cancellation of the missile defense site in poland, coupled with an increased threat environment, it's imperative that we continue to act to protect the homeland from the long range ballistic missile threat. i thank...
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they continue to struggle to exercise control because the slaves of the country's eastern regions of russia militia activity continues to spread unchallenged the leakage bring you comfort in kiev it's baffling to deal with the police schools last week demoralized and parades and custom plates quite switched allegiances between muscat and the west. it's not the alms to the central square has become the fact of rebel held territory and i got area. authorities meanwhile warring forces did attempt to intervene in tuesday's taken aback by the constant government building against militants building heights with bouts of molotov cocktails several thousand activists stormed the regional state exports has embraced the russian flag the rebels as they continue to control the sixties prosecutions office and stevie cent of the operation in the city gets the prize must be a separate system on the second provincial capital late already controlled much of an apron done yet province where the proclaimed an independent people's republic of the yes but a referendum on secession of late he left as you. gemma c
they continue to struggle to exercise control because the slaves of the country's eastern regions of russia militia activity continues to spread unchallenged the leakage bring you comfort in kiev it's baffling to deal with the police schools last week demoralized and parades and custom plates quite switched allegiances between muscat and the west. it's not the alms to the central square has become the fact of rebel held territory and i got area. authorities meanwhile warring forces did attempt...
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nick schifrin, the air force base lithuania. >> sanctions imposed by russia by the u.s. and european union because of ukraine are meant to target those close to president vladimir putin. they believe the loss of confidence caused by the sanctions is weakening russia's economy. we have this report from moscow. >> reporter: the country is now in recession. cutting its growth from 1.3% to just 0.2%, and it's saying the reaction is largely to blame . >> adding new names to the list of people subject to sanctions. citing president putin putin. investors moved around millions of dollars. this could be a blessing in disguise. >> until today russia's full potential with business focusing mainly on the west. i think both western experience more adverse affects because of the sanctions. >> we'll have more from europe in the news hour. but let's return you to doha and. >> still to come on this al jazeera news hour, how french high speed trains could soon come germans, but the americans might have the final say. and in sport he's been banned from the nba. but the protest to remove d
nick schifrin, the air force base lithuania. >> sanctions imposed by russia by the u.s. and european union because of ukraine are meant to target those close to president vladimir putin. they believe the loss of confidence caused by the sanctions is weakening russia's economy. we have this report from moscow. >> reporter: the country is now in recession. cutting its growth from 1.3% to just 0.2%, and it's saying the reaction is largely to blame . >> adding new names to the...
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they are part of a troop build up that began in march after the speed of russia's an exation caught kiev by surprise. these border guards deployed from their base in central ukraine. half of them are still in training. border crossings throughout have been reinforced with mazz mass i gar kads and sandbags. b r. >> in that direction, the strench extends about 60 miles. ukraine hopes they will be able to avoid a war. perched on a hill top but not visible from the road, a paratroop paratrooper. >> camouflaged is a small group of paratroopers. >> the threat from within ukraine's borders is more immediate and menacing. as we were out filming, kiev lost control of yet another government building, the police doing nothing to stop the prorussians as they smashed windows and declared themselveses the authority. for the people living along the border it was a boundary in name only. now these hills could become one of many front lines. wolf this remains a region divided and those who do try to speak up for unity end up finding themselves in trouble. earlier a man tried to stop a woman from burning
they are part of a troop build up that began in march after the speed of russia's an exation caught kiev by surprise. these border guards deployed from their base in central ukraine. half of them are still in training. border crossings throughout have been reinforced with mazz mass i gar kads and sandbags. b r. >> in that direction, the strench extends about 60 miles. ukraine hopes they will be able to avoid a war. perched on a hill top but not visible from the road, a paratroop...
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. >>> sanctions imposed on russia by the u.s. and the european union because of ukraine are meant to be targeted against those close to president vladimir putin. but the international monetary fund believes the loss of confidence caused by the sanctions is weakening russian's economy. >> reporter: a bad week for the russian economy has just got worse. the international monitor fund says the country is now in recession. >> difficult situation, and especially the uncertainties surrounding the geopolitical situation and [ inaudible ] sanctions and escalation on sanctions are weighing very anying lively on the investment client. >> reporter: they have added new names to the lists of people subject to sanctions. they cited vt putin's failure to rain in separatists in eastern ukraine. russia's central bank says investors moved $64 billion out of the country. but all three though latest amf announcement seem like bad gnus for russia, some people here are suggesting that the figures could be a blessing in disguise. >> translator: it is p
. >>> sanctions imposed on russia by the u.s. and the european union because of ukraine are meant to be targeted against those close to president vladimir putin. but the international monetary fund believes the loss of confidence caused by the sanctions is weakening russian's economy. >> reporter: a bad week for the russian economy has just got worse. the international monitor fund says the country is now in recession. >> difficult situation, and especially the...
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deployments in europe, i think russia has really looked for ways to get into that space. there is this domestic win for putin at home when he is using russian power abroad. so i think that has always been one of his tools to keep russian--the russian population quiet, built his own popularity, and i think we've under estimated that in terms of policy in the past five years. >> nancy soderberg, putin does not send his agenda and plans to the white house, so there is a certain amount of reactive mode action that is going to go on, but has the obama white house and state department been handling this well since the demonstrations at the maidan flared last fall? >> let me push back to what the other colleagues have talked tad about no doctrine and bipolar world. that's so last century thinking. we're trying to direct the world into the 21st century, there have been bumps but i think we're more on track with that. president putt someone certainly a big challenge. it's not our fault that he's making all the wrong decisions for his country. he's driving the country into some ima
deployments in europe, i think russia has really looked for ways to get into that space. there is this domestic win for putin at home when he is using russian power abroad. so i think that has always been one of his tools to keep russian--the russian population quiet, built his own popularity, and i think we've under estimated that in terms of policy in the past five years. >> nancy soderberg, putin does not send his agenda and plans to the white house, so there is a certain amount of...
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russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order i might add to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another trip just recently returned -- there and in georgia and in ukraine, would you know there are a number of things that we need to do to help them harden their country. this bill lays those things out. let me give you one example. in the russian speaking of -- in the russian-speaking area of eastern ukraine the only information that the people who are russian-speaking in that part of the world are receiving is coming from russia. it's propaganda. it's talking about things that the united states is doing which we aren't, and t
russia understands this. they understand that we as a nation have not signified that we're really willing to use these economic sanctions in a way through the president's own economic order i might add to change behavior. and so we're very concerned about the direction that this is taking. the third thing that this bill would do is it would harden our non-nato allies. mr. president, i think you know that in the country of moldova where i recently just returned -- senator barrasso on another...
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the other takeaways from our poll, as a showdown with russia preoccupies washington and the president tries to juggle crisis in ukraine and the middle east, americans across party lines want americans to simply disengage from the world. a full 47% say that they want the u.s. to be less active in global affairs. this is the highest number on this question that we've ever recorded. just 19% call for more active engagement. and approval of the president's foreign policy is at his lowest level of his presidency and on russia and ukraine, just 37% approve of hough he's handling the issue, down 6 points from earlier. >> mrs. bush, would you like to see your son jeb run? >> he's by far the best qualified man but no, i really don't. i think it's a great country, there are a lot of great families and it's not just four families or whatever. there are other people out there that are very qualified and we've had enough bushes. >> well we shall polled the question. it turns out a whopping 69% of americans agree with barbara bush. most say her statement applies ekwlal to both jeb bush and hillary
the other takeaways from our poll, as a showdown with russia preoccupies washington and the president tries to juggle crisis in ukraine and the middle east, americans across party lines want americans to simply disengage from the world. a full 47% say that they want the u.s. to be less active in global affairs. this is the highest number on this question that we've ever recorded. just 19% call for more active engagement. and approval of the president's foreign policy is at his lowest level of...
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he addressed parliament in kiev just hours after more government buildings were taken over by pro-russia groups in the east. let's get more now on those elections in iraq. kamal has been keeping a close eye on what has been happening on social media. >> yes. we want to look at what interest might actually be in the united states in these elections. i saw this just a moment ago. and my producer did i should say, this is someone who snapped a picture at their old high school. and this is a queueing system of old school tables with bits of tape in between them, and they have created a queueing system for a polling station there. and this is one of my favorites, the mother on the right-hand side has clearly voted but her two children want to feel like they are part of the election process, and they have the purple on their finger. as i said to laura, we want to talk to the united states here and what level of interest there might be in the elections. i'm going to start with this graphic, and it is really quite brilliant. it shows you this first circle, which is 50, $60 billion. that is the i
he addressed parliament in kiev just hours after more government buildings were taken over by pro-russia groups in the east. let's get more now on those elections in iraq. kamal has been keeping a close eye on what has been happening on social media. >> yes. we want to look at what interest might actually be in the united states in these elections. i saw this just a moment ago. and my producer did i should say, this is someone who snapped a picture at their old high school. and this is a...
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they're always responding to what russia does. they're always doing something that in essence deals with the situation after something bad has already occurred. this legislation is designed to, again, drive an outcome to show the administration that there is a strategic way to deal with this issue. mr. president, let me tell you what this doesn't do. and i was very disappointed to pick up the "wall street journal" this morning and read on the front page that those of us who are concerned, which, by the way, is strongly bipartisan, strongly bipartisan in this senate, concerned about what's happening in ukraine and concerned about the fact that the administration has not done those things with economic sanctions in a more strong way to cause russia to pay a price for what it's doing. but i was very disappointed to pick up the paper and read where the president said those people who want to see military action by the united states in ukraine -- that's not what this bill does. as a matter of fact, mr. president, what this bill does is
they're always responding to what russia does. they're always doing something that in essence deals with the situation after something bad has already occurred. this legislation is designed to, again, drive an outcome to show the administration that there is a strategic way to deal with this issue. mr. president, let me tell you what this doesn't do. and i was very disappointed to pick up the "wall street journal" this morning and read on the front page that those of us who are...
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fro where you are standing, are sanctions impacting russia or its supporters in eastern ukraine? >> that's a very difficult question to ask. you'd have to say the ultimate intention of these sanctions is to prevent a russian invasion of eastern ukraine and if that invasion does not happen, was it due to the sanctioners not. i suspect we might be arguing about that for months or years to come, but as rewards the conduct of pro russian groups in the east, they don't seem deterred at all, quite the contrary. they seem more emboldened on each day, going very much on the offensive, they are on the front, sanctions or not. >> barnaby phillips for us in donetsk in eastern you a crane, thank you. >> parliamentary elections, first time they have headed to the polls since the u.s. pulled out in 2011. there are reports of attacks outside the capitol. we are at a polling side in baghdad. how has the turnout been so far where you are? >> this polling station in central baghdad, they are voting just through those doors, has about 3,500 registered voters, about 1,000 people have turned up so fa
fro where you are standing, are sanctions impacting russia or its supporters in eastern ukraine? >> that's a very difficult question to ask. you'd have to say the ultimate intention of these sanctions is to prevent a russian invasion of eastern ukraine and if that invasion does not happen, was it due to the sanctioners not. i suspect we might be arguing about that for months or years to come, but as rewards the conduct of pro russian groups in the east, they don't seem deterred at all,...
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the acting president says there is no way to stop the unrest in two eastern regions bordering russia. he says police and security pless," and are in some cases cooperating with pro-russian government who have seized buildings and taking people hostage. vice president joe biden reassure the prime minister of ofvia that in the face russian assertiveness in ukraine the united states is committed to the collective defense of nato allies. mr. biden met with latvian prime minister at the white house yesterday and today the vice president speaks at the atlantic council on the situation in ukraine. here the remarks later today on c-span radio. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. everybody says how do you think these women came from such a very low part of the world? so victorian era is stratified. there was the very rich and the middle class and then the real robber baron achievers. the life and times of these women is the most buccaneer time you can think of. after the civil war. finances were becoming major, yet rockefeller, jim fest, all of the robber barons were making
the acting president says there is no way to stop the unrest in two eastern regions bordering russia. he says police and security pless," and are in some cases cooperating with pro-russian government who have seized buildings and taking people hostage. vice president joe biden reassure the prime minister of ofvia that in the face russian assertiveness in ukraine the united states is committed to the collective defense of nato allies. mr. biden met with latvian prime minister at the white...
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he had sanctions against russia over the ukrainian crisis. to further damage the economy. >> let's spoke to the correspondent. it's a bleak picture painted by the i.m.f. >> it certainly is. the i.m.f. chief in moscow said, as you explained, he believes russia's economy is in recession because there has been two quarters of negative growth. the prediction for this year was 1.3% growth, they are saying the economy will grow by 0.2%. i think that's a worrying statistic for many economists. further to that the i.m.f. mission chief says that there'll be $100 billion in capital outflow from russia. that chimes with what the russian central bank said. they saw $64 billion leave russia. worrying for ordinary russians. the i.m.f. says consumer prices could rise bias much as 6%. to what extent is this linked to the crisis in ukraine. >> well, the i.m.f. mission chief believes that the political crisis around ukraine has greatly contributed to the slowing down of the economy, and most of the capital outflow has been linked to people confurthering local
he had sanctions against russia over the ukrainian crisis. to further damage the economy. >> let's spoke to the correspondent. it's a bleak picture painted by the i.m.f. >> it certainly is. the i.m.f. chief in moscow said, as you explained, he believes russia's economy is in recession because there has been two quarters of negative growth. the prediction for this year was 1.3% growth, they are saying the economy will grow by 0.2%. i think that's a worrying statistic for many...
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. >> just like russia's putin that went smoothly. >>> and mr. halperin, the play on veep i'm sure you heard that mr. allen. let's talk business. harry reid said democrats are holding talks about a vote to prove the keystone pipeline. is that actually going to happen? >> they're actually going to have a vote. and this is a real surprise. it's a sign of how worried democrats are about the senate. yesterday, i was out at the milken conference in los angeles, did a poll, including a lot of democrats, asking them what they thought the chances were republicans could take every 0 the senate. nate silver said around 60%. dave leonhart said around 61%. the democrats i talked to said it's more like 60%. they are worried about a republican senate. so you have harry reid saying he might take a vote on approving the keystone pipeline. what's not determined is, will this be something that's binding will this be more a sense of the senate, as they call it. but the key fact, 11 senate democrats have signed a letter to president obama saying they want him to app
. >> just like russia's putin that went smoothly. >>> and mr. halperin, the play on veep i'm sure you heard that mr. allen. let's talk business. harry reid said democrats are holding talks about a vote to prove the keystone pipeline. is that actually going to happen? >> they're actually going to have a vote. and this is a real surprise. it's a sign of how worried democrats are about the senate. yesterday, i was out at the milken conference in los angeles, did a poll,...
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technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future of hubbard. dramas that can't be ignored. story others to use in the. same sense changing the world the right. to picture. from around the globe. this is all seeing to national carries here live from moscow welcome back washington has repeated its regular lament for nato members to bruise defense spending it calls they call has been given greater impetus because the alliance is stepping up its defense capabilities in central and eastern europe nato has sent of a sixteen will find a jazz to the region in the last two months alone so it's also expected to triple as apatow missions over the baltics starting next month independent research. separate all rake believes this is about political point scoring. mr kerry he is being very hypocritical which is the norm with him but also i think he is appealing to two groups here and also on the domestic. policies in america they've turned against the obama administration they see him they perceive him as having a very weak foreign policy so this is to bolste
technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future of hubbard. dramas that can't be ignored. story others to use in the. same sense changing the world the right. to picture. from around the globe. this is all seeing to national carries here live from moscow welcome back washington has repeated its regular lament for nato members to bruise defense spending it calls they call has been given greater impetus because the alliance is stepping up its defense capabilities in central...